The NOAA Marine Debris Program is the U.S. Federal government's lead for addressing marine debris. Marine debris is a global problem. The ultimate mission of the program is to investigate and prevent the significant impacts of marine debris. The program has 5 main pillars: Prevention, Removal, Research, Regional Coordination, and Emergency Response. While at Ocean Beach, my class and I helped in a beach clean-up in which all the trash we found at the beach would be used for research. Our role was to help MDP in collecting data of the type of garbage that was found in ocean. Each group walked the entire perimeter of their section to pick up trash and tally it if it qualified. A piece of trash was qualified to be tallied if it met the size requirement that was located on our sheet of paper. The information that will be found from our data of garbage will be used to help MDP see if garbage from Japan is still floating to our coast and to overall track marine debris on the West Coast. I had a lot of fun doing this beach clean up because it was exciting to learn how much of an impact marine debris has on the environment. Despite the cold weather, I enjoyed helping MDP with their research on marine debris. Click the button below to check out their website to learn more!
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